IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. TWO VIDEOS - PART ONE and TWO.
' LIFE IN THE FREEZER ' - Presented by DAVID ATTENBOROUGH.
- ANTARCTICA - the last true wilderness on EARTH.
AT ONE AND A HALF TIMES THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES, IT HAS A YEAR ROUND POPULATION OF ONLY 800 PEOPLE. THREE QUARTERS OF THE WORLD'S FRESH WATER ENVELOPES IT IN A LAYER OF ICE SO THICK IT CONCEALS MOUNTAIN RANGES AS VAST AS THE ALPS. AND WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 70'C AND WINDS OF 120 mph, ANTARCTICA IS THE COOLEST, LONLIEST PLACE ON EARTH.
BUT IT IS ALSO A PLACE OF MAJESTIC BEAUTY WHICH CAN SUPPORT ASTONISHINGLY RICH AND VARIED FORMS OF WILDLIFE. PRESENTED BY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, LIFE IN THE FREEZER REVEALS INCOMPARABLE STANDARDS OF NATURAL HISTORY FILMING TO TRACE ANTARTICA'S SEASONAL CYCLE FROM THE LONG WINTER MONTHS WHEN THE FORMATION OF ICE ALMOST DOUBLES ITS SURFACE AREA, TO THE BRIEF SUMMER WHEN THE RACE TO BREED REALLY HEATS UP.
THE SCENES ARE INCREDIBLE:MIGHTY HUMP-BACK WHALES FEEDING DEEP WITHIN THE ICY POLAR WATERS; A BLOODTHIRSTY BATTLE BETWEEN TWO BULL ELEPHANT SEALS OVER ACCESS TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL ''HAREMS'', THOUSANDS OF KING PENGUIN CHICKS MARSHALLED AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE ON AN EXPOSED ANTARCTICA BEACH; THE FORCEFEEDING OF AN ALBATROSS CHICK BY ITS INDUSTRIOUS PARENTS; THE HEARTBREAKING DIGNIFIED FINAL WALK BACK UP THE BEACH BY A FATALLY WOUNDED PENGUIN.